Romeo And Juliet-Violence Essay, Research Paper

Romeo and Juliet – Violence

Romeo and Juliet, is a play which shows how

prejudice leads to escalating violence. Prejudice leads to violence

shown in the play when the feuding families, the Montagues and

Capulets fight. In each case, disruption, fighting, injuries and

death occur. Also, the prejudice against the two families never got

resolved because they were enemies. The prejudice started in Act one

Scene one, when the Capulets and Montague servants confronted each

other. Then the Capulets servants insult the Montagues. Which lead

to a street brawl of the two feuding families. Furthermore in Act

three Scene one, the prejudice between the families get worse. When

Tybalt wanted revenge with the Montagues, he then confronted Romeo and

Mercutio and started a duel. In addition the prejudice between

families got even worse, when Tybalt kills Mercutio. Also, in Act

five Scene three, Tybalt challenges Romeo to fight and Romeo kills

him. Which lead to prejudice between the families.

In Verona, a public place, is where the prejudice

starts between the two families. In Act one Scene one, Sampson and

Gregory servants for the Capulets, insulted the Montagues servants

Balthasar and Abraham by biting his thumb at him. This leads to a

fight, which involves the Lord s of both families and the Prince. No

death occurred, but the families attitudes against each other were

worse then before. Which caused a lot of prejudice against the

families that lead to violence.

In like manners, another duel between the two feuding families

start up again in the street of Verona in Act three Scene one. When

Mercutio and Benvolio friends of Romeo, are confronted by Tybalt, who

is still prejudice against the Montagues. Tybalt thinks that they

crashed the Capulets ball and know he wants revenge. Mercutio and

Tybalt fight between each others. Now Romeo arrives trying to stop

the arguments. Tybalt draws his sword and challenges Romeo. Romeo

refuses to fight and Mercutio stops in to meet Tybalt challenges.

Romeo again, steps in to stop the fighting, but Tybalt stabs Mercutio

under Romeo s arm. Mercutio from this action dies from his injury and

this caused disruption between the families which lead to prejudice.

Instead of a Capulet killing a Montague, in Act five Scene three, a

Montague kills a Capulet as prejudice leads to violence. In the

Capulets Tomb at night, Paris, a young nobleman, kinsman to the Prince

has come to pay his respect to his “lost” Juliet. When he hears the

footstep of his enemies Romeo and Balthasar. Paris thinks Romeo has

come to desecrate Juliet s grave in act of the prejudice against them.

While young Romeo was only trying to see his only love dead.. But

Paris didn t know so he challenges Romeo to a fight and Romeo kills

Paris. This event was caused due to prejudice that lead to violence

which included injuries, death and disruption.

From examining Romeo and Juliet, it is evident that the play

shows how prejudice leads to escalating violence when the opening

brawl started by the servants, the duel between Mercutio and Tybalt

and Romeo and Paris. So it is evident that Romeo and Juliet, is a

play that shows how prejudice leads to escalating violence between the

feuding families.